Breast Men (1997)
Country: US
Technical: col 92m TV
Director: Lawrence O'Neill
Cast: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Lyle Lovett
Synopsis:
The story of how an undervalued plastic surgeon and a medical student with a vision pioneered breast enhancement surgery and came to grief over silicone gel's alleged disease-causing properties.
Review:
What begins as a moderately irreverent look at what could be mistaken for breast fixation soon gets overtaken by the seriousness of its subject matter while retaining a revue-like format, with several unsatisfactory leaps in chronology which leave questions unanswered. It does at least, however, adopt a broad feminine perspective through its 'vox pops' clips and TV show excerpts and manages to steer free of cheap gags or of keeping the potential horror of its subject matter under covers.
Country: US
Technical: col 92m TV
Director: Lawrence O'Neill
Cast: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Lyle Lovett
Synopsis:
The story of how an undervalued plastic surgeon and a medical student with a vision pioneered breast enhancement surgery and came to grief over silicone gel's alleged disease-causing properties.
Review:
What begins as a moderately irreverent look at what could be mistaken for breast fixation soon gets overtaken by the seriousness of its subject matter while retaining a revue-like format, with several unsatisfactory leaps in chronology which leave questions unanswered. It does at least, however, adopt a broad feminine perspective through its 'vox pops' clips and TV show excerpts and manages to steer free of cheap gags or of keeping the potential horror of its subject matter under covers.
Country: US
Technical: col 92m TV
Director: Lawrence O'Neill
Cast: David Schwimmer, Chris Cooper, Lyle Lovett
Synopsis:
The story of how an undervalued plastic surgeon and a medical student with a vision pioneered breast enhancement surgery and came to grief over silicone gel's alleged disease-causing properties.
Review:
What begins as a moderately irreverent look at what could be mistaken for breast fixation soon gets overtaken by the seriousness of its subject matter while retaining a revue-like format, with several unsatisfactory leaps in chronology which leave questions unanswered. It does at least, however, adopt a broad feminine perspective through its 'vox pops' clips and TV show excerpts and manages to steer free of cheap gags or of keeping the potential horror of its subject matter under covers.